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    start out

    US /stɑrt aʊt/

    ・

    UK /stɑ:t aut/

    A1
    phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo begin your life or career in a particular way.
    She started out as a sales assistant and is now the CEO.
    phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo begin a journey.
    We started out early to avoid the traffic.

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    How Words Can Harm: Crash Course Philosophy #28

    10:46How Words Can Harm: Crash Course Philosophy #28
    • Let's start out with a harmless example of miscommunication: our "mouse in boxer shorts." The reason that sentence is so confusing is because we understand most language by context.

      Let's start out with a harmless example of miscommunication: our "mouse in boxer shorts." The reason that sentence is so confusing is because we understand most language by context.

    • Let's start out with a harmless example of miscommunication: our mouse-in-boxer-shorts.

      Let's start out with a harmless example of miscommunication: our mouse-in-boxer-shorts.

    B1

    How to argue less and communicate better

    04:45How to argue less and communicate better
    • So, a lot of times these conversations start out, you know, by someone approaching their significant other with an issue.

      So, a lot of times these conversations start out, you know, by someone approaching their significant other with an issue.

    A2

    Teen Substance Use & Abuse (Alcohol, Tobacco, Vaping, Marijuana, and More)

    02:08Teen Substance Use & Abuse (Alcohol, Tobacco, Vaping, Marijuana, and More)
    • You start out taking one substance and end up taking something else.

      You start out taking one substance and end up taking something else.

    • You start out taking one substance and end up taking something else.

      You start out taking one substance and end up taking something else.

    B1

    Homemade STARBUCKS FRAPPUCCINOS - Gemma's Bigger Bolder Baking Ep 156

    05:44Homemade STARBUCKS FRAPPUCCINOS - Gemma's Bigger Bolder Baking Ep 156
    • So, we're going to start out in a blender pitcher.

      So, we're going to start out in a blender pitcher.

    • So we're going to start out in a blender pitcher.

      So we're going to start out in a blender pitcher.

    B1

    Husbands create 7 hours of extra housework a week

    02:57Husbands create 7 hours of extra housework a week
    • So to start out, you just fill out a questionnaire,

      So to start out, you just fill out a questionnaire,

    • So to start out, you just fill out a questionnaire, and BetterHelp will match you with a qualified and licensed therapist in as little as a few days.

      So to start out, you just fill out a questionnaire, and BetterHelp will match you with a qualified and licensed therapist in as little as a few days.

    B1

    Serena Williams: From Tennis GOAT to VC Powerhouse

    14:40Serena Williams: From Tennis GOAT to VC Powerhouse
    • And so to be able to talk about things that start out as an idea and just like how to build on it and how to bring me into this idea and me wanting to do it very authentically and me saying like, listen, I want to do this, but how does this work?

      And so to be able to talk about things that start out as an idea and just like how to build on it and how to bring me into this idea and me wanting to do it very authentically and me saying like, listen, I want to do this, but how does this work?

    • And so to be able to talk about things that we've just that start out as an idea and just, like, how to build on it and how to bring me into this idea,

      And so to be able to talk about things that we've just that start out as an idea and just, like, how to build on it and how to bring me into this idea,

    A2

    B1 English Listening Practice - The Gym

    03:26B1 English Listening Practice - The Gym
    • Let's start out by talking about some of the most popular benches, machines, and apparatuses.

      Let's start out by talking about some of the most popular benches, machines, and apparatuses.

    • Let's start out by talking about some of the most popular benches, machines, and apparatuses.

      Let's start out by talking about some of the most popular benches, machines, and apparatuses.

    B1

    Design FMEA (Failure Modes & Effects Analysis)

    14:47Design FMEA (Failure Modes & Effects Analysis)
    • So we'll start out by taking that left hand column and using it to list each system and then each system's function in a separate cell.

      So we'll start out by taking that left hand column and using it to list each system and then each system's function in a separate cell.

    • So we'll start out by taking that left-hand column and using it to list each system and then each system's function in a separate cell.

      So we'll start out by taking that left-hand column and using it to list each system and then each system's function in a separate cell.

    A2

    Bun 1.2

    05:52Bun 1.2
    • Some projects start out being faster, then get slower as they add new features.

      Some projects start out being faster, then get slower as they add new features.

    • Some projects start out being faster, then get slower as they add new features.

      Some projects start out being faster, then get slower as they add new features.

    B2

    Ron Chernow (FULL EPISODE) | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

    00:00Ron Chernow (FULL EPISODE) | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
    • But there's an interesting there's an interesting path to the order in which you wrote because you start out and you write about JP Morgan and

      But there's an interesting there's an interesting path to the order in which you wrote because you start out and you write about JP Morgan and

    • But there's an interesting path to the order in which you wrote because you start out and you write about J.P.

      But there's an interesting path to the order in which you wrote because you start out and you write about J.P.

    B1